{"id":1599,"date":"2025-04-01T13:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T13:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/newyork\/?page_id=1599"},"modified":"2025-04-01T13:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T13:11:15","slug":"importing-mortal-remains","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/importing-mortal-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"Importing Mortal Remains"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1599\" class=\"elementor elementor-1599\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-473b5ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"473b5ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b84b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05b84b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Importing Mortal Remains to South Africa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-06a7a73 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06a7a73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c08ea77 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c08ea77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96acf8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96acf8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The South African Government does not provide any financial assistance towards the costs of importing mortal remains to South Africa but will write to the Director General, Department of Foreign Affairs in Pretoria, to request the approval from the Department of National Health and Population Development for the importation of the mortal remains to South Africa. The letter will contain\/enclose the following information:<\/p><p>1)\u00a0\u00a0 Deceased particulars as follows:<\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>Name<\/li><li>Date of Birth<\/li><li>Place of Birth<\/li><li>Marital Status<\/li><li>Spouse&#8217;s Name<\/li><li>Nationality of Spouse<\/li><li>Occupation of the Deceased<\/li><li>South African Passport Number<\/li><li>Place of Issuance<\/li><li>Date of Issuance<\/li><li>Date of Expiration<\/li><li>ID Number<\/li><li>Date of Death<\/li><li>Place of Death<\/li><li>Cause of Death<\/li><li>Mode of Shipment of Body<\/li><li>Port of Departure<\/li><li>Date of Departure<\/li><li>Port of Arrival<\/li><li>Date of Arrival<\/li><li>Date and Place of Departure<\/li><li>Date and Place of Arrival<\/li><li>Undertakers in the U.S.<\/li><li>Undertakers in South Africa<\/li><li>Contact Name<\/li><li>Place of Burial.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>2)\u00a0\u00a0 Documentations to be attached:<\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>copy of passport (first and second pages, showing passport number<br \/>and picture)<\/li><li>death certificate certified as a true copy by the Department of Health.<br \/>It must state the cause of death other than a communicable disease.<\/li><li>Embalmment certificate &#8211; (if the person cannot be embalmed due to religious reasons, it must be stated); and\/or<\/li><li>Affidavit of undertaker stating that the remains have been embalmed and prepared in conformity to the regulations of the City of New York (or relevant city). This affidavit must be notarized.<\/li><li>A letter from attending pathologist or medical doctor stating that the person did not suffer from a contagious or infectious disease at the time of death.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>3)\u00a0\u00a0 Permission will be granted for the importation\/exportation of the mortal remains to South Africa, on condition that:<\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>the body be embalmed<\/li><li>the body must be sealed in an airtight container and placed in a sturdy non-transparent coffin<\/li><li>an import permit must be obtained from the receiving health authority.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>Once the permission for the importation of the mortal remains to South Africa is granted by the relevant authorities in Pretoria, the South African Consulate General in New York will issue a letter in this regard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a037a7e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a037a7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2894323 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"2894323\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-template\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"page\" data-elementor-id=\"1733\" class=\"elementor elementor-1733\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-1df04bb9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1df04bb9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fe9e999 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3fe9e999\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4822439d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4822439d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Services<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b6fd9c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b6fd9c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f0908d3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-page-list\" data-id=\"2f0908d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-page-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-items \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a6698c4 ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/drivers-licenses\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Driver&#039;s Licenses<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-39e8ae3 ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/police-clearance\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Police Clearance<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-faecf8f ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/service-of-process\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Service of Process<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-5a59813 ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/getting-married-in-sa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Getting Married in SA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-c14ab0f ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/outstanding-income-tax\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Outstanding Income Tax<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-6e2c904 ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/importing-mortal-remains\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Importing Mortal Remains<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-2d4a5e3 ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/importing-pets\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Importing Pets<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-19c4d8f ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/importing-fire-arms\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Importing Fire Arms<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-851ee86 ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/importing-household-effects\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Importing Household Effects<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-618ead9 ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/customs-and-excise\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Customs and Excise<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-fc0a0f3 ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/sending-donations\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Sending Donations<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-40e0a35 ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/deportees\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Deportees<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-d5809f4 ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/policy-on-detainees\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Policy on Detainees<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-90117f6 ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/if-arrested-overseas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">If arrested overseas<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-3e7b227 ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/tax-vat-refund\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Tax\/VAT Refund<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-9e3dfac ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/scam-letters\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Scam Letters<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-e4b7e29 ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/study-in-south-africa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Study in South Africa<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-list-item   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-repeater-item-767afa1 ekit_badge_left\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southafrica-usa.net\/homeaffairs\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit_page_list_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ekit_page_list_title_title\">Visas and Passports<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Importing Mortal Remains to South Africa The South African Government does not provide any financial assistance towards the costs of importing mortal remains to South Africa but will write to the Director General, Department of Foreign Affairs in Pretoria, to request the approval from the Department of National Health and Population Development for the importation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1599","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Importing Mortal Remains - South African Embassy in Brussels, Belgium<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/importing-mortal-remains\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Importing Mortal Remains\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Importing Mortal Remains to South Africa The South African Government does not provide any financial assistance towards the costs of importing mortal remains to South Africa but will write to the Director General, Department of Foreign Affairs in Pretoria, to request the approval from the Department of National Health and Population Development for the importation [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/importing-mortal-remains\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South African Embassy in Brussels, Belgium\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/brussels\\\/importing-mortal-remains\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/brussels\\\/importing-mortal-remains\\\/\",\"name\":\"Importing Mortal Remains - South African Embassy in Brussels, Belgium\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/brussels\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-01T13:11:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/brussels\\\/importing-mortal-remains\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/brussels\\\/importing-mortal-remains\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/brussels\\\/importing-mortal-remains\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/brussels\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Importing Mortal Remains\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/brussels\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/brussels\\\/\",\"name\":\"South African Embassy in Brussels, Belgium\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dirco.gov.za\\\/brussels\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Importing Mortal Remains - South African Embassy in Brussels, Belgium","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/importing-mortal-remains\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Importing Mortal Remains","og_description":"Importing Mortal Remains to South Africa The South African Government does not provide any financial assistance towards the costs of importing mortal remains to South Africa but will write to the Director General, Department of Foreign Affairs in Pretoria, to request the approval from the Department of National Health and Population Development for the importation [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/importing-mortal-remains\/","og_site_name":"South African Embassy in Brussels, Belgium","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/importing-mortal-remains\/","url":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/importing-mortal-remains\/","name":"Importing Mortal Remains - South African Embassy in Brussels, Belgium","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-04-01T13:11:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/importing-mortal-remains\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/importing-mortal-remains\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/importing-mortal-remains\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Importing Mortal Remains"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/","name":"South African Embassy in Brussels, Belgium","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Brian","author_link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/author\/jollyapples\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":null,"rttpg_excerpt":"Importing Mortal Remains to South Africa The South African Government does not provide any financial assistance towards the costs of importing mortal remains to South Africa but will write to the Director General, Department of Foreign Affairs in Pretoria, to request the approval from the Department of National Health and Population Development for the importation&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}